GABRIEL PIERNÉ (1863-1937): Les Trois Chansons, Le sais-tu bien?, En barque, Connaissiez-vous mon hirondelle?, Les Trois Petits Oiseaux, Tristesse, Provence, Chanson de berger, Hymne d'amour, Ritournelle, L'Adieu suprême, L'Œillet rouge, Villanelle, Mignonne, Les Deux Roses, La Rieuse, Bonsoir, Mimi Pinson, Le Moulin, Les Filles de Cadix, 6 Ballades françaises de Paul Fort.

Description: Almost all of Pierné's mélodies date from 1879 to 1890, most from his 1883-83 stay in Rome as Prix winner and are the product of a talented young man searching for his own style. But the Ballades françaises, from 1921, with their folksong-inspired texts, are on another level altogther. French texts. Sabine Revault d'Allonnes (soprano), Thomas Dolié (baritone), Samuel Jean (piano).